NZQA registered unit standard
27141 version 1
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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of cultural identities and culture-related
issues in an aged care, health, or disability context
Level
3
Credits
6
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to describe:
own cultural identity and its influence on own work practices;
other cultural identities and their influence on work practices;
and policies, procedures, and resources used to assist in
responding to culture-related issues, in an aged care, health, or
disability context.
Classification
Health, Disability, and Aged Support > Health and Disability
Principles in Practice
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Legislation and codes relevant to this unit standard include:
Health and Disability Commissioner (Code of Health and Disability Services
Consumers’ Rights) Regulations 1996;
Health and Disability Services (Safety) Act 2001;
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
Human Rights Act 1993;
Privacy Act 1993.
2
New Zealand Standards relevant to this unit standard include:
NZS 8134.0:2008 Health and disability services Standards – Health and disability
services (general) Standard;
NZS 8134.1:2008 Health and disability services Standards – Health and disability
services (core) Standards;
NZS 8158:2003 Home and Community Support Sector Standard; available at
http://www.standards.co.nz/.
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Definitions
Candidate refers to the person seeking credit for this unit standard.
Cultural identity refers to an individual’s or group’s sense of belonging to a particular
social group as defined by one or more culture-related determinants.
Culture refers to the totality of socially transmitted beliefs, values, customs, behaviour
patterns and/or practices, together with all other products of human work and thought
that are common to – or characteristic of – a particular group or community. The
concept of culture may reflect factors and indicators such as: age, ethnicity, disability,
gender, occupation, organisational background, immigrant or refugee status,
institutional care, religion or spiritual beliefs, sexual orientation, and socio-economic
status.
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A culture-related issue refers to an issue that has caused a difficulty and which has
arisen from differences in cultural identity of the person or people concerned.
Organisation’s policies and procedures are the policies and procedures of the
employing organisation of the candidate and include ethical codes, standards, and
other organisational requirements.
Other cultural identities refers to cultural identities that are not the same as the
cultural identity of the candidate.
Person refers to a user of services in a health or disability setting in either a
residential care facility or in a private home – the person’s own or a friend’s, group’s,
or family member’s.
Resources refers to any human or material aid, including but not limited to, people,
agencies, organisations, equipment, facilities, funding, technology, documentation, or
advice, that can be utilised to carry out a targeted activity, achieve a specific
objective, or respond to a particular issue. In terms of responding to a culture-related
issue, resources available within an organisation may include but are not limited to –
reference texts, DVDs, cultural awareness kits, support workers of different cultural
identities. In terms of responding to a culture-related issue, resources available
outside an organisation may include but are not limited to – culture-based agencies
and Trusts, library holdings, service centre publications, advocacy services.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Describe own cultural identity and its influence on own work practices in an aged care,
health, or disability context.
Range
cultural identity includes – cultural beliefs, values, customs, behaviour patterns,
practices;
evidence is required for one example of each.
Evidence requirements
1.1
The candidate’s cultural identity and its influence on own work practices are
described in relation to an aged care, health, or disability context.
Outcome 2
Describe other cultural identities and their influence on work practices in an aged care,
health, or disability context.
Range
cultural identities include – cultural beliefs, values, customs, behaviour patterns,
practices;
evidence is required for two people of other cultural identities;
evidence is required for one example for each person.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Other cultural identities are described in relation to an aged care, health, or
disability context.
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2.2
The impact of supporting people of other cultural identities is described in terms
of the candidate’s work practices.
2.3
The viewpoints of people of other cultural identities are described and
compared in relation to disability and ageing.
Outcome 3
Describe policies, procedures, and resources used to assist in responding to culturerelated issues in an aged care, health, or disability context.
Range
evidence is required for a minimum of one culture-related issue.
Evidence requirements
3.1
The organisation’s policies and procedures are described in terms of the
guidance they provide for responding to a culture-related issue.
3.2
Resources used to assist in responding to a culture-related issue are described.
Range
resources within the organisation, resources outside the
organisation;
a minimum of two resources within the organisation and two
resources outside the organisation are required.
Planned review date
31 December 2016
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
18 February 2011
N/A
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0024
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA, or
an inter-institutional body with delegated authority for quality assurance, before they can
report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading
to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
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Consent requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations
wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for
tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Community Support Services ITO Limited
enquiries@careerforce.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit
standard.
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